Lionel Messi
- Who is the greatest GOAT?
- Greatest of all time
Nobody else comes close to this GOAT. I know – I saw his genius
Who is the greatest of them all, and how do you measure greatness anyway? Vince Rugari continues our series on the sporting GOATs, before we reveal our top 50.
- Vince Rugari
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One of America’s highest honours was bestowed on a sporting megastar. He didn’t show up
The sporting icon was on Joe Biden’s Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient list, which was stocked with old-guard icons and political backers.
- Michael D. Shear and Zach Montague
- Opinion
- Olympics
The greatest athlete of the 21st century? Bolt runs away with it
ESPN’s American-centric list of the top 100 athletes of this century is a blatant attempt to bait hopeless chumps into pointless arguments – so let’s join in.
- Malcolm Knox
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- Streaming
Messi’s World Cup provides a different portrait of the world’s greatest footballer
Lionel Messi, like Diego Maradona before him, is a totem of worship in Argentina, especially after winning the 2022 World Cup.
- Craig Mathieson
Why a napkin that changed Messi’s life is worth almost $600,000
The paper napkin became a makeshift contract at a meeting in December 2000 to assure the then 13-year-old’s father that Barcelona wanted him at the club.
- Praveena Somasundaram
Can a 20-deck cruise ship that carries 8000 people be good for the environment?
Do the environmentally friendly features of the world’s largest cruise ship stack up?
- Ceylan Yeginsu
More valuable than Messi? Why a Japanese baseballer is worth $1 billion
If you tallied up the salaries of every men’s NRL player for the next four years, it still wouldn’t match what Shohei Ohtani will earn from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Why is he so valuable?
- Adam Pengilly
- Opinion
- For subscribers
If Messi’s jerseys are worth $15m, what price for the balls of Bairstow and Buddy … and Schlossy’s shoe?
Forget your mass-produced memorabilia, let’s take a look at what people should really want.
- Peter FitzSimons
Messi jersey from Socceroos match among haul tipped to fetch $15m
The world record for sporting memorabilia is expected to be threatened when a collection of shirts worn by the Argentinian icon in Qatar goes under the hammer in New York.
- Glenn Moore
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